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Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Profile for Thomas Eck

Title: AERONET
Affiliation: UMBC-GEST
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6625
Fax: 301-614-6695

Selected Publications

Eck, T.F., B.N. Holben, J.S. Reid, A. Siniuk, E.J. Hyer, N.T. O'Neil, G.E. Shaw, J.R. Vande Castle, F.S. Chapin, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, E. Vermote, J.S. Schafer, D.M. Giles, I. Slutsker, M. Sorokin, and W.W. Newcomb (2009). Optical properties of boreal region biomass burning aerosols in central Alaska and seasonal variation of aerosol optical depth at an Arctic coastal site. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D11201)
10.1029/2008JD010870

Satheesh, S.K., O. Torres, L.A. Remer, S.S. Babu, V. Vinoj, T.F. Eck, R.G. Kleidman, and B.N. Holben (2009). mproved assessment of aerosol absorption using OMI-MODIS joint retrieval. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D05209)
10.1029/2008JD011024

Smirnov, A., B.N. Holben, I. Slutsker, D.M. Giles, C.R. McClain, T.F. Eck, S.M. Sakerin, A. Macke, P. Croot, G. Zibordi, P.K. Quinn, J. Sciare, S. Kinne, M. Harvey, T.J. Smyth, S. Piketh, T. Zielinski, A. Proshutinsky, J.I. Goes, N.B. Nelson, P. Larouche, V.F. Radionov, P. Goloub, K. Krishna Moorthy, R. Matarrese, E.J. Robertson, and F. Jourdin (2009). Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D06204)
10.1029/2008JD011257

Eck, T.F., N.T. O'Neill, B.N. Holben, J.S. Reid, A. Sinyuk, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, D.M. Giles, S.C. Tsay, Q. Ji, A. Al Mandoos, M.R. Khan, E.A. Reid, J.S. Schafer, M. Sorokin, W. Newcomb, and I. Slutsker (2008). Spatial and temporal variability of column-integrated aerosol optical properties in the southern Arabian Gulf and United Arab Emirates in summer. J. Geophys. Res. Atmosp., 113(D01204), 19 pp
10.1029/2007JD008944

García, O.E., A.M. Diaz, F.J. Expodito, J.P. Diaz, O. Dubovik, P. Dubuisson, J.-C. Roger, T.F. Eck, A. Sinyuk, Y. Derimian, E.G. Dutton, J.S. Schafer, B.N. Holben, and C.A. Garcia (2008). Validation of AERONET estimates of atmospheric solar fluxes and aerosol radiative forcing by ground-based broadband measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D21207), 16 pp
10.1029/2008JD010211

Li, Z., X. Xia, M. Cribb, W. Mi, B.N. Holben, P. Wang, H. Chen, S.-C. Tsay, T.F. Eck, F. Zhao, E.G. Dutton, and R.R. Dickerson (2008). Correction to "Aerosol optical properties and their radiative effects in northern China". J. Geophys. Res., 113(D07S99), 1 pp
10.1029/2008JD009929

O'Neill, N.T., T.F. Eck, J.S. Ried, A. Smirnov, and O. Pancrati (2008). Coarse mode optical information retrievalbe using ultraviolet to short-wave infrared Sun photometry: Application to United Arab Emirates Unified Aerosol Experimental data. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D05212), 11 pp
10.1029/2007JD009052

Reid, J.S., E.A. Reid, A. Walker, S. Piketh, S. Cliff, A.A. Mandoos, S.-C. Tsay, and T.F. Eck (2008). Dynamics of southwest Asian dust particle size characteristics with implications for global dust research. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14212), 14 pp
10.1029/2007JD009752

Schafer, J.S., T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, P. Artaxo, and A.F. Duarte (2008). Characterization of the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols in Amazônia from long-term AERONET monitoring (1993—1995 and 1999—2006). J. Geophys. Res., 113(D04204), 16 pp
10.1029/2007JD009319

Xia, X., T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, G. Phillippe, and H. Chen (2008). Analysis of weekly cycle of aerosol optical depth using AERONET and MODIS data. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14217), 11 pp
10.1029/2007JD009604

Eck, T.F., B.N. Holben, J.S. Reid, A. Siniuk, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, D.M. Giles, N.T. O'Neill, S.-C. Tsay, Q. Ji, A.L. Mandoos, M.R. Kahn, E.A. Reid, J.S. Schafer, M. Sorokin, W. Newcomb, and I. Slutsker (2007). Spatial and Temporal Variability of Column Integrated Aerosol Optical Properties in the Southern Arabian Gulf and United Arab Emirates in Summer. J. Geophys. Res.
10.1029/2007JD008944

Gobbi, G.P., Y.J. Kaufman, I. Koren, and T.F. Eck (2007). Classification of aerosol properties derived from AERONET direct sun data. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 453-458

Leahy, L.V., T.L. Anderson, T.F. Eck, and R.W. Bergstrom (2007). A synthesis of single scattering albedo of biomass burning aerosol over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L12814), 5 pp

Li, Z., X. Xia, M. Cribb, W. Mi, B.N. Holben, P. Wang, H. Chen, S.-C. Tsay, T.F. Eck, F. Zhao, E.G. Dutton, and R.E. Dickerson (2007). Aerosol optical properties and their radiative effects in northern China. J. Geophys. Res., 112(D22S01), 11 pp

Sinyuk, A., O. Dubovik, B.N. Holben, T.F. Eck, F.-M. Breon, J. Martonchik, R. Kahn, D.J. Diner, E.F. Vermote, J.-C. Roger, T. Lapyonok, and I. Slutsker (2007). Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface properties from a combination of AERONET and satellite data. Remote Sens. Environ., 107, 90-108

Xia, X., Z. Li, B.N. Holben, P. Wang, T.F. Eck, H. Chen, M. Cribb, and Y. Zhao (2007). Aerosol optical properties and radiative effects in the Yangtze Delta region of China. J. Geophys. Res., 112(D22S12), 16 pp

Dubovik, O., A. Sinyuk, T. Lapyonok, B.N. Holben, M. Mishchenko, P. Yang, T.F. Eck, H. Volten, O. Muñoz, B. Veihelmann, W.J. van der Zande, J-F. Leon, M. Sorokin, and I. Slutsker (2006). Application of spheroid models to account for aerosol particle nonsphericity in remote sensing of desert dust. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D11208), 34 pp

Holben, B.N., T.F. Eck, I. Slutsker, A. Smirnov, A. Sinyuk, J.S. Schafer, D.M. Giles, and O. Dubovik (2006). Aeronet's Version 2.0 quality assurance criteria. Proc. SPIE, 6408(64080Q), DOI:10.1117/12.70652

Reid, J.S., B. Brooks, N. O'Neill, K.K. Crahan, D.A. Hegg, T.F. Eck, G. de Leeuw, E.A. Reid, and K.D. Anderson (2006). Reconciliation of coarse mode sea-salt aerosol particle size measurements and parameterizations at a subtropical ocean receptor site. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D02202), 26 pp

Smirnov, A., B.N. Holben, S.M. Sakerin, D.M. Kabanov, I. Slutsker, M. Chin, T.L. Diehl, L.A. Remer, R. Kahn, A. Ignatov, L. Liu, M. Mishchenko, T.F. Eck, T.L. Kucsera, D.M. Giles, and O.V. Kopelevich (2006). Ship-based aerosol optical depth measurements in the Atlantic Ocean: Comparison with satellite retrievals and GOCART model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L14817), 4 pp

Xia, X.A., H.B. Chen, P.C. Wang, W.X. Zhang, P. Goloub, G. Chatenet, T.F. Eck, and B.N. Holben (2006). Variation of column-integrated aerosol properties in a Chinese urban region. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D05204), 10 pp

Yamasoe, M.A., C. von Randow, A.O. Manzi, J.S. Schafer, T.F. Eck, and B.N. Holben (2006). Effect of smoke and clouds on the transmissivity of photosynthetically active radiation inside the canopy. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1645-1656

Aculinin, A., A. Smirnov, V. Smicov, T.F. Eck, and B.N. Holben (2005). Solar radiation, total column ozone content and aerosol optical properties monitoring at the ground-based station in Kishinev, Moldova. Geophys. Res. Abstracts, 7, 2 pp

Eck, T.F., B.N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, P. Goloub, H.B. Chen, B. Chatenet, L. Gomes, X.-Y. Zhang, S.-C. Tsay, Q. Ji, D.M. Giles, and I. Slutsker (2005). Columnar aerosol optical properties at AERONET sites in central eastern Asia and aerosol transport to the tropical mid-Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 110(D06202), 1-18

Ichoku, C., L.A. Remer, and T.F. Eck (2005). Quantitative evaluation and intercomparison of morning and afternoon Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua. J. Geophys. Res., 110(D10S03), 1-23

Kaufman, Y.J., L.A. Remer, D. Tanre, R.R. Li, R. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, T.F. Eck, and B.N. Holben (2005). A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43(12), 2886-2897

Kleidman, R.G., L.A. Remer, Y.J. Kaufman, T.F. Eck, D. Tanre, O. Dubovik, and B.N. Holben (2005). Comparison of moderate resolution Imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) and aerosol robotic network (AERONET) remote-sensing retrievals of aerosol fine mode fraction over ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D22), Art. No. D22205

Krotkov, N., P.K. Bhartia, J. Herman, J. Slusser, G. Labow, G. Scott, G. Janson, T.F. Eck, and B.N. Holben (2005). Aerosol ultraviolet absorption experiment (2002 to 2004), part 1: ultraviolet multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer calibration and intercomparison with CIMEL sunphotometers. Opt. Eng., 44(4), 041004-1 - 041004-17

Krotkov, N., P.K. Bhartia, J. Herman, J. Slusser, G. Scott, G. Labow, A.P. Vasilkov, T.F. Eck, O. Dubovik, and B.N. Holben (2005). Aerosol ultraviolet absorption experiment (2002 to 2004), part 2: absorption optical thickness, refractive index, and single scattering albedo. Opt. Eng., 44(4), 041005-1 - 041005-17

Reid, J.S., R. Koppmann, T.F. Eck, and D.P. Eleuterio (2005). A review of biomass burning emissions part II: intensive physical properties of biomass burning particles. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 799-825

Reid, J.S., T.F. Eck, S.A. Christopher, R. Koppmann, O. Dubovik, D.P. Eleuterio, B.N. Holben, E.A. Reid, and J. Zhang (2005). A review of biomass burning emissions part III: intensive optical properties of biomass burning particles. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 827-849

Remer, L.A., Y.J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, D.A. Chu, J.V. Martins, R.-R. Li,, C. Ichoku, R. Levy, R.G. Kleidman, T.F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B.N. Holben (2005). The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products, and Validation. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 947-973

Smironov, A., T.F. Eck, C.T. McElroy, L.J. B. McArthur, and B.N. Holben (2005). Comment on the Paper . Atmos. Oce. Phys., 41(1), 117-119

Thulasiraman, S., T.F. Eck, and J.S. Reid (2005). Robust optical features of fine mode size distributions: Application to the Quèbec smoke event of 2002. J. Geophys. Res., 110(D11207), 1-16

Eck, T.F., B.N. Holben, J.S. Reid, N.T. O'Neill, J.S. Schafer, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, M.A. Yamasoe, and P. Artaxo (2003). High aerosol optical depth biomass burning events: A comparison of optical properties for different source regions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(20), 2035
10.1029/2003GL017861

Eck, T.F., B.N. Holben, D.E. Ward, M.M. Mukelabai, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J.S. Schafer, N.C. Hsu, S.J. Piketh, A. Queface, J. Le Roux, R.J. Swap, and I. Slutsker (2003). Variability of biomass burning aerosol optical characteristics in southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 dry season campaign and a comparison of single scattering albedo estimates from radiometric measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D13), 8447
10.1029/2002JD002321

Schafer, J.S., B.N. Holben, T.F. Eck, M.A. Yamasoe, and P. Artaxo (2002). Atmospheric Effects On Insolation In The Brazilian Amazon: Observed Modification Of Solar Radiation By Clouds And Smoke And Derived Single Scattering Albedo Of Fire Aerosols. LBA special issue of J. Geophys. Res
10.1029/2001JD000428

Schafer, J.S., T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, P. Artaxo, M.A. Yamasoe, and A.S. Procopio (2002). Observed Reductions of Total Solar Irradiance by Biomass-Burning Aerosols in the Brazilian Amazon and Zambian Savanna. Geophys. Res. Lett.
10.1029/2001GL014309

Holben, B.N., D. Tanre, A. Smirnov, T.F. Eck, I. Slutsker, N. Abuhassan, W. Newcomb, and J.S. Schafer (2001). An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET. J. Geophys. Res., 106(D11), 12067-12097

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